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We're really sorry this episode came out later than billed, we had a medical emergency at our original recording date and we doubled this up on Sunday with our Baku recording instead. We'll make it up to you down the toad, promise. 
In the meantime, in this episode, we catchup on the Austrian Grand Prix as Pedro Acosta finally takes his maiden victory, after 56 starts and 15 times on the second of third step of the podium. We breakdown how Michelin bringing its stiffer carcass rear tyre finally allowed KTM to bridge the gap to the Aprilia and Ducati's, and how nervous we all were when Pedro crashed out from an easy Sprint win.
We talk more about the state of the title battle, and the fascinating place its in. Marquez loses 12 points to Jorge Martin, who took the Sprint and second in the GP after a front brake issue hampered Marquez to fifth. Who is favoured going into the flyaway stretch? Who else could potentially play spoiler with Ai Ogura back to good health and Marco Bezzecchi not out of the running at 42 points back. Could Pedro still limp his way back in too?
Also we chat about Yamaha's new nadir after another horrendous weekend, and the potential change to the weekend format. Is Sprint Qualifying coming to MotoGP next year?

Welcome to Azerbaijan on a Saturday, George Russell and the most dominant photo finish of all-time. But in all seriousness, Baku had George take off his belt and beat the field's ass with it. He was just one FP3 top away from F1's first perfect weekend since Italy 2015. And yet despite all that, due to a late Valtteri Bottas crash on the final lap, he won by just 20 metres from Max Verstappen's furious final attack on the Brit.
Dre, Cam and RJ make sense of all the action, including how Mercedes' deployment is dunking on the field, how Ferrari continue to malaise, and how Franco Colapinto pissed off everyone with a reckless crash on a Safety Car restart that essentially ended Lando Norris' slim chances of a Championship. Sure the Colapinto fanbase will take it well...
We also talk about the first draft of the 2030 engine regulations and why we're all kinda whelmed at going to V8 Hybrids with a 3 litre engine.

Why not, Bez? This is why.
Dre and Cam review a heated San Marino Grand Prix with a major twist in the title race - Marco Bezzecchi after qualifying on pole and taking his best Sprint result of the year in 2nd, crashes on the opening lap and gift wraps Marc Marquez a 37-point double victory across the weekend. Throw in Jorge Martin dropping to 5th with a killer bout of Arm Pump and safe to say, Misano had an impact!
We also talk about Alex Rins potentially moving to two-wheeled racing as he announces his retirement from bike racing, Pecco Bagnaia and a conversation that leaked out to the press, Senna Agius going to Tech3 to complete the 2027 grid, and the idea that we may be heading to Qatar after all.

Well... that was pretty dreadful. 
F1 finally headed to Madrid for its debut race around The Madring, and to put it into perspective, we had four on-track overtakes in the race. Four. Monaco had 10. Man. Dre and Cam break down how The Madring came together, and why it's such a disasterous circuit.
Then they talk about the race itself, and the VSC that ultimately decided it. Lance Stroll has to retire his car after a brake failure, a VSC comes out with Lando already past the start/finish line, but close enough for Antonelli and Verstappen to box, and with Lando having a 7-second pit stop, he fell behind to third in the queue, and Antonelli takes advantage to win his eighth race of the season. In shocking news, a discussion has broken out about the "fairness" of the VSC. Is it unfair? Should Lando have been given a chance to stop? Is the VSC inherently flawed, and is it okay that we have it in the sport as it is?
There's also shameless discussions on Mohammed Ben Sulayem batting extra hard for Fernando Alonso and trying to convince him not to retire, and the F1 2027 calendar is revealed, with 10 Sprints and Monaco getting one of them. God help us.

After 35 races and two years out of the winner's circle, Scott McLaughlin finally quenches his first with a race victory at IndyCar's season finale at the Grand Prix of Monterrey. 
Honestly, not much to even really get into on this one because McLaughlin completely dominated, leading 87 out of 95 race laps, and his main threat - The near impervious Alex Palou, was given a completely dud strategy from strategist Barry Wanser. Two used soft tyre stints? Really? Phew.
With it, Cam and Dre take the opportunity to review the minor stories to tie up at the end of the season. Kylke Kirkwood finishing second on the road in just his second road course podium to take second in the Championship ahead of Christian Lundgaard, Pato O'Ward and David Malukas. We also had Dennis Hauger hold onto the Rookie of the Year title after being slammed into the wall by Sting Ray Robb. 
And finally, a look at IndyCar's new controversial rule - An evaluation system to determine Indy NXT talent that's eligible for an IndyCar Series License. The timing with 11th place finisher in IndyNXT, Josh Pierson, rumoured to be bringing a large amount of money to the grid, can't be ignored...